Rogers Canada have put the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 on the Rogers red hot deals section. Rogers are offering the Xperia X10 on a one year contract for new activations, with the price of the handset only $25.50. Monthly prices are relatively low as well, with the minimum price plan listed as $32.35 a month.

While the Xperia X10 may be last year’s model from Sony Ericsson this is still a cracking price for friends or relatives who are yet to move over to the smartphone or Android world. Head on over to Rogers to take advantage of this offer. It’s only available while stocks last.

The official release date for the Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc and Xperia Play has been confirmed to be April 28th. However selected Sony Style stores in the Toronto area will have 60 handsets to sell as pre sale handsets. Meaning you could get your hands on either one of Sony Ericsson’s newest Xperia handsets before any one else in Canada. There will be a total of 60 Xperia Arcs and Plays within several different stores. The full list of stores where the pre sale will be taking place is: Toronto Eaton Centre, Yorkdale Shopping Centre, Sony Centre, Smart Centres Leaside and Sherway Gardens.

You will however need a pre sale pass to get hold of an handset. Pricing will be the same as if you buy the handset on the 28th. $99.99 for the handsets on a three year plan, or $549.99 with no commitment.

Canadian mobile giant Rogers have confirmed when they will be releasing the first PlayStation certified phone, the Xperia Play and Sony Ericsson’s other top phone, the Xperia Arc and the date isn’t too far away. From April 28th, Rogers will begin selling both handsets.

Both handsets appear to have the same pricing structure, where as else where in the world, pay as you go and contract options for the two handsets differ. You can pick either the Xperia Arc or Xperia Play up for $549.99 without a contract, or $99.99 with a three year plan.

We’ve already heard that the Canadian network giant Rogers is to get both the Xperia Arc and Xperia Play, two of Sony Ericsson’s next handsets in the Xperia range. They have now updated their website to show off both of the handsets. The Rogers website shows the specs from each handset, along with some pictures. Both handsets appear with the words “Coming soon”, so it isn’t known when they will release the handsets, although it’s likely to be sometime during April.

As well as checking back here for finding out the availability of the handsets, Rogers also allow you to register your email address to get notified when the handset of your choice is available to order.

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Rogers have confirmed that two of Sony Ericsson’s recently announced Xperia handsets will be headed to their network. Not only will they  launch the Xperia Arc and Xperia Play though, the handsets are exclusive to Rogers Canada.

Both handsets are due to be released sometime in Spring on Rogers, although tariff information is, as of yet unknown. The handsets will extend Rogers current line up of Android powered handsets, as both the Arc and Play will launch with Android 2.3 upon launch.

“Connecting people to the things they are passionate about is what we do. Whether it’s watching the latest episode of your favourite show or beating your gaming high score, we are always looking for game changers that connect our customers to more of the things that matter to them, when they want, wherever they are,” says Raj Doshi, Vice President, Mobile Product Management, Rogers Communications Inc. “Together with Sony Ericsson, and backed by the amazing power of Android, we believe the Xperia PLAY and Xperia arc are going to revolutionize mobile gaming and entertainment experiences for Canadians and we’re excited our customers will have exclusive access to them.”

“We’re showing that we’ve got game by introducing our most exciting Xperia™ products yet and Canadians have a lot to look forward to this year with two of the hottest Android™ smartphones,” said Peter Farmer, Head of Marketing – North America, Sony Ericsson. “Both the Xperia™ PLAY and Xperia™ arc combine best in class multimedia Sony™ technology with the latest Android™ platform and breathtaking design to entertain and wow consumers.”

Sony Ericsson’s recent Android update for their Xperia X10 range of handsets has now been released in Canada, for those with Rogers branded Xperia X10 handsets. Those who own the Xperia X10, or the X10 Mini can now update their handset from the outdated Android 1.6 OS, to the more recent Android 2.1. Arguably it is still relatively outdated, considering most handsets now have Android 2.2 and Android 2.3 is rumoured to be just around the corner.

Despite that, the Android 2.1 update adds quite a few new features for the Xperia X10. Obviously with Android 2.1 installed, there is a wider range of apps to choose from on the Market Place, such as the official Twitter application, which is only available for Android 2.1 and above. For the Xperia X10, the Android 2.1 update brings the ability to record videos in 720p HD format. While the X10 Mini adds better bluetooth support for sending files, something which was previously very limited.

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According to a tip sent in to MobileSyrup, Canadian Xperia X10 owners are soon to receive the Android 2.1 update for their Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 handsets. The tipster has said that the update would be available from November 8th onwards, although as of yet there’s no sign of it.

Sony Ericsson Canada have also said that the update will be coming this month, although haven’t given any specific dates. Within the past few days however, the response from the Sony Ericsson Canada Twitter team is that, while they can’t provide a specific date, it is “very close”, so hopefully the update should be released over the next few days.

Once again, Twitter has been proved to be a valuable source of information and an easy way to contact companies. Sony Ericsson Canada have Tweeted that they are working on bringing the Android 2.1 update to the X10 in Canada. It should be available on the Xperia X10 sometime in Q4. They later went on to clarify that Q4 runs from October to December.

Hopefully the update will be an early Q4 release, rather than a late Q4 release, which would take it to December. The UK is due to receive the update by the end of this month, so it is possible that the update will be released before November in Canada. We’ll be keeping our eyes peeled on their Twitter and Facebook to see if they update the time line with a specific week, like Sony Ericsson Spain recently did on their Facebook Fan page, even though the status update was later deleted.

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The lucky folks in Canada have recently been able to get their hands on the X10, following on from the official launch and now we’ve got word that the Mini X10s will also be headed to Rogers. Rogers will get both the X10 Mini and the QWERTY keyboard model, the X10 Mini Pro. Both will be available on a three year contract but, upfront costs vary. The X10 Mini will only be $49.99, where as the Mini Pro will set you back $20, which is pretty reasonable.

The handsets are due to be released on Rogers sometime in May or June. Which also means, Canada will be able to pick the Mini X10 up before North America even has the full sized X10.

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Rogers customers who are about to upgrade to the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 can bag a free Sony Ericsson MW600 Bluetooth Headset. You can only qualify if you upgrade within a Rogers Plus Store, or from an authorized Rogers dealer with the Rogers Hardware Upgrade Program before the 30th of April. You’ll then need to send your receipt, along with a completed Xperia X10 Hardware Upgrade Coupon to: Sony X10 Blink Promotion 7th Floor, Rogers Communications, 333 Bloor St East, Toronto, Ontario, M4W 1G9.

It will however take 4-6 weeks for it to be processed. Features of the MW600 headset include a built in 3.5mm plug so that you can “swap the headphones to match how you listen to music in your phone”. You can view the full specs of the headset here.

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